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About Lafayette courier. (Lafayette, Or.) 1866-1??? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1874)
■i“ ’ « : 4 K- i r ' A " ’• « 1 , ... ' ' 4 .' % ¡ t ■ hi ì I i. 1 x' < ■ WS; CISCO. 0^5^ 1 LAFAYETTE, I O regon , D ecember 4, is74. VOL. IX. Lafayette g^i-Tr,, INDEBTEDNESS NOV. Courier Ladd <fc Bush note and toORIttSS Ac HEMBREE interest........ ......... $2.085 00 Note of P.. O. Riley and RATES OF ADVERTISING : interest....................... 3,300 00 2WJ3\V j 3M"7 m T1TK A • 1 Inch, I ft 11 2¿ 11 ft 6 00 j 9 (X) I 15(0 Orders drawn at fairs of ¿Inch««, | 174 2 50 | 3 (JO 8 00 | 12 | 18 0Ó 1873 and 1874, trn- . *1>cfae«» r*5O | 3 50 | <50 j 0 0*3 I 18 | 22 00 paid 1,363 87 3001 ioo; 6°°l11 ! w_ VL00 i Total indebtedness. .$7,448 85 . Reduction of indebt- ncss......................... $4,344 97 O m « Copy. Ou* Tear, • »3 Messrs. Ladd A Bush, bankers, One C*py, Six Months, - 1 Salem, were elected Treasurer, in Dae Copy, Three Month«, - 1 place of Mr. J. H. Moores, who . 7. - ' * ' Ua^ineM notice, in the Local Columns, 25 declined longer to serve. cent« per line, each insertion. The President, Secretary, and Legal Advertisements to be Paid for up- S m making Proof by the Publisher. General Superintendent were elec Personal Adv». 50 Ct«. a Liinfe*W* ted Executive Committee, with in Subcriptions Sent East, $2 00 a Year. structions to give notice in April, The Oregon State Agricultural Soci 1874, for the removal of all build- ety—Summary of Proceeding« of j in^s within die enclosure belong- Board, November, 1874. • i ing to other parties than the Soci ety, and for the erdetion of new O ffice of S ecretary . ( S alem , Nov. 20,1874. i bootlir, a suitable building for offi In accordance with the instruc ces for President. Secrettyy, Tress- A tion» of the Board of Managers, urer, Chief Marshal, and General at the meeting just closed^ 1 give Superintendent; also instructccLto the following summary of the pro make the needed changes and im ceedings, including the receipts provements for beautifying the :n.d expenditures of the Fair of grounds, and adding to the com 1875. as also the indebtedness of fort of the patrons of the fair. 1873, and that of 1874. They were also instructed to thor The attendance was larger and ough l_. revise the list of licenses. the' business of the meeting wgsT 1’iit list of premiums was revis prosecuted with an eagerness nev- ed though not materially changed er btjorc known in the history of from lust year, except l»y adding a the Society. Toe accounts of lhe list for graded cattle and sheep. Secretary Geo. Downing of M irion was •* und Treasurer were sub jectcd to a most rigid examination elected Chief Marshal; E M. Wil by the Fbmi'cv Committee, con kins, of Lane couuiy, was elected sisting of Messrs. 8.- G. Reed, o! Marshal of Pavilion. . Port ¡ami. W. P. Watson, Wasco Lewis Savage, ot Marion, elected county, and A. Lulling, of Wash General Superintendent. ington county. Tfcc report of the The lime of commencing die fair cotnuiittec as received and adopt of 1875, was fixed on Oct. 12. ed, shows that the sum of $101 95 Seven nl special premiums were * ... is due the Secretary for tho rear offered, ainonix them two by T. 1874, over and above all receipts, CUnningham *fe Co., Salem, of two as money paid out bv him in cx-f fine plows, and several by ............. W. U. . cess of that * received. The Trcas- My res, of Jackson county. F urer’s account was also approved. The following resolutions were passed: ■ receipts . of F air , 1874. R so'iMd, Tiiat thc^thanks of this Gate money.... Board arc heicby tendered to the Enhance fees.... Rent..................... 120 00 O. & C. R. R. » Co., and the O.isi Licenses. j-...... 2,127 50 N. Co., for favors extended. Resolved, That the thanks of thi*3 Grand Stand.... 273 59 Sundries................ 428 52 Board are hereby tendered to the A^ent of the Alden Pateut Fruit Gross receipts... $13,769 96 Dryer, for favors^ and that we DISBURSEMENTS. heartily endorse the invention, and wish the enterprise now commen Expenses of the Fair, in ced in Salem, and others in con cluding improvement« over $1,000... .„ ¿.$3,257 57 templation, complete success. Paid on premiums and Resolvtd, That in view of the order» 1872, 1873, long and efficient services of J. H. 1874...................... 1.. 5,304 81 Moores, as Treasurer of this Socie Paid on premium» 1874 3,775 58 ty (now resigned), we tender to Paid on Swegle note.. him the heartfelt thanks of this i • * ' ¥ ■'* ** Paid on Webber note.. Board. Paid interest on Drders Resolved, That the Fair grounds and buildings of the Oregou State ’ 1873......... .... Agricultural Society, are hereby Total................... .$13,769 96 tendered to the Oregon Pioneer INDEBTEDNESS NOV. 1873. As3ociatiou for their annual reun Ladd & Bush note (moo* ion of 1875; provided# that the? ey borrowed) tmd in property and grounds of the Soci terest ................................. $3,360 00. ety are protected from injury by Not« of P. O. Riley for the Association. 70 ^cres land purdiM- > The Secretary was authorized ¿d in 1871, and inter- to secure a loan sufficient to pay wt .... ...................... 3,300 00 all outstanding orders and interest Interest order» drawn on notes/ Also,' to give notice tuat ' for premiums due and as soon as money was received on unpaid at fair 1873. . 3,661 82 the premiums of Mr. Vick, par Nott of Chas. Swegle ties entitled to them would receive the same. Also, that the diplomas (money borrowed) and interest........... .. 600 00 would be forwarded as soon as re Webber notefaioney bor- ceived. rowed) and interest.- 550 00 The Board adjourned at 11 p. «' ' I «1 i <h •«« — M., Wednesday, Nov. 19. Total indebtedness,$11,471 82 E. M. W atte , Secretary. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. » ♦ i ----------------------------------- J 1 — ■ ■ H % , E'lO ■ - . : i -* -a Sight. — -- A Mom 1874. Published every Friday by v V , While the deep-mouthed cannon in its continuous^oar in our city, sought to ,rc8uri^ct|4he »leeping Democracy, veryjt mAch as people will strive tos ra^o the drowned, f . L- ■ , -■.I i... ..-.¿.¡-J breast hung a placard which read: •‘Stanton taid-NO. He organized victory and a negative. I am Stanton’s successor.” - Close upon Belknap’s heels was the Rotund * Robeson, That jolly sea-dog of the Navy Department. Under each arm ho carried au iron clad. Hi* shining countenance illumined tlio procession. His banner had these significant words: •‘Claims favorably considered atid promptly,paid * For further par ticulars see 1 1 cords of them.” i V ' ' •[ > < | ’ * ’’ | - ‘ ’ ii ■' In that famous landaulet, loaned for the occasion by Judge Wright who also consented to drive, and pulled by Government horses, snt the tali, cadaverous form of the Attorney-General. His whapper jaAv was more whappered than ev er. i His flag had upon it the sad wopds: “Alas, twas my necessity. Necessity knows no law.” f As the procession headed to ward Salt j^ivei-, it nccessa ri a ly took a Southern direction, mid as it did so the Attorney-General turned An ashy tint and trembled so violently that he shook the landaulet, and Judge Wright turn ed to him and said: J u “You tremble, do you, ch? You a re scart are you, eh?” At this Williams started up,and pointing to the Soerth, cried: v ._____- . I R cLipmec Governor Shepherd appeared .keep- ’ '¿4 ■ - — . in stop to Mullett’s music, and his Which times are the best? Meal Mi 41 banner hhat waved proudly aloft, times, read: “Courage my fi ields, the Ignorance is the wet nursQ 8F devil is not yet dead.” ' ’ ’ | ' prejudice. • Of course, immediately in his One bad thing a' out gold —Nofc rear came Father George Gideon, having it. . our beloved friend, faithful in Domestic broils make unsatis- death as he had Iveeu loyal in life. tory meals. ,. The handsome Hallett Kilbourn, An ' Oregon blacksmith is a • with his massive brow and now “horse jeweler.” ' n a- useless deeds of trust, marched Easy shavings ; Taking ‘ with easy nonchalance along. He lmd no banner, but his face and beard off an oyster. A set of bad teeth, like mannersaid, “1 .don’t care a damn.” Then came Colonel Magruder has many achcrs. grasping his stubs. He seemed “Arose” by affy otlie lost in the study of the multiplica would be “got up.” tion table. He would get to the A musician is an airy line of six and break down again., but he can’t help it. Ruf. Ingalls, walking at hi« side, Ono way to get a roaring trade kept saying, “bother your arithme is to buy a managerie. 4 * V' • z tic; lhe only one-I cure for has but The best way to riso in a lady’s one pari and teaches the rule of ik:- ’ estimation Ì9 not by stares. three—that is subtraction, division Standing on the 'dentist’s door-^ and silence.” >. Following thealxivc was a vast step will often cure toothache. w A friend that sticks in prosperi« concourse of politicians-and office holders. *' It was Sb long that little ty and adversity— Mucilage. • ’ Babcock, mounted on the Pjesi- Ten highwaymen cannot pull a dept’s horse Cincinnati, stolen from shirt off a naked man’s ba^k. ., tii Jeff Davis, aud acting as Marsha], A man cannot expect half a loaf could not ride from end to end, when lie loafs all of the tine. and he kept swearing to himself, Never wait for anything to turn “Damp them, had they stopped up, but go and turn it up yourself, stealing long enough to vote, ive Skinner keeps a hotel in Chica could have won the polls.” And-so on they marched, never go. . It is a good name to keep's hotel with. . to return. The dim, barren, mel- é r '.rW . When is money damp?. When oncholy shores of Salt River nev-‘ er befo'-e reached such a multitude it is dew in .the morning and mitt at once, and never sc disreputable at night. a one. The old residents there “A splendid car, but a "very poor swore they would not remain to voice,” as the organ-griSder sajd associate with such a.lot, .and went to the donkey. busily to work packing carpet-bags The band played “Little Brown ’brought there by carpet-baggers, . Jug” at the proto ibi tory ratMW and found to be no longer of any (ion meeting in Worcester. t' .. .>* font' use, preparatory to a retuyn to the An Indiana father crawled wi sunshine of li*c to be' found in of ficial existence. The lot that is to der a corn-crib and wept whewiws return will afnazc the people as daughter mal ricd an astronomer. Josh Billings says that ii| l||g much as those have disgusted us. But we are prepared for both.— beds of many hotels “yusleepaom, but role over a good deal.v- »d/ Capital . : • and a brass babd and bonfires made merry, a mwrrnil procession was being br^aiized under the clouds near the ¥ Yhite House, to burial move out pnd gi|e ^decent - to the late Repu^libpa party upon the shores' of Sali rirfr. The party dec^s^was laid out deeqisei in a casket made bf tbe beit and well-protected piilfot, and was decently clad in gre ieabacks, gold- bearing bonds, certjl iates of stock from the Credit ^fdbiLer and the Seneca SandstoiS.” Jf^o c^unte- nance of the parti, al hougbf com ■ ‘ posed in death, had M t a painful expression, as if it? hac :4i$<l with- ’■ ;- out any resignaticih’ I • The part of und rhder was done bj old General sfal. ^pin'ricr, iriricr, assisted frrea by the ladie s’of the easurv, and it r í ■. . the painful duties tre well per formed, barring, J 8^:0 giggling from the freusur y ^rils who hat- a little hard ed the late party, swearing by Fatl ¿pi^pinner, who said he had dieted iid lecouchec at( the birth of the ipirtx* deceased, * ' ■* IF’ - ' and he’d be some^iiiij awful if he did hot have it d$< eufly < interred. The pall-beard| I re composed Shake nut tbv gory I oc I cb «t ]»e of ^Muasra. BTain(I ¿<dikling,'Mor Thou can st nut say I did it.’’ “Damned if they can’t, eh ton and other -laji? ^ndidates of swered the venerable Juck. said party fqr thpl Piq^ideucx too Again he cried. numerous to u^nt|(jin. fl Father “The __ ___ _ has _ __ “ ■ en If-—'- ' time — -J« b< ... I That when the b.ain8 weie out the man Spinner had muc| ubublc in man would die, And yet Toombs lives.” aging his pall bairCys, from a sin ‘That wasn’t in yourtime, gular way each |adi w hen in pro ckiug the pall bearer quo.h Jack.. cession, of kicki ■ > -, But the Attornev-Gcneral ♦ • ^rew a directly in front The music/Mlr I jnolM fearful ever bo ill that the procession had to Icard at a funejjal, was made by be-stopped to allow the unhappy Mr. Architect M RlldLt blowing his map to descend. At,the ranks own horn, It i | as 'L dismal. The closed'up without him, and the . mournful music 4 J l ^aui^hty Mui- edrtego moved on, the minor ran ett made the ft j ou ilk ts “almost along the line that ho Jiad the 4 cholera, and the 'general.* verdict wish they were qead*j i I u|ner||r as of course was, “Served him right.” The chief moui Delano, supported by Cowen course he the President, » * j. ’ ■J He bad crape on and Dave Cox, a Rd followed by smoked r a r. cigar. «w Did you ever see a woman throw ".J • ■ * HL 2. his arms, legs, a aqoyt his waist Baker and Joe Dwyer, moved on a stone? This perspicacious nem-, and he carried t a r^t t sack, on his knees knocked together, while bcr of the human'family is up in his putty-like countenance was which was inscrj bedtKxiFTS. spotted with blue, so groat was his tjhe garret sorting over paper fags. He was folloy [ed»T T he F am - terror. In vaiti Cowennnd Dave She receives, by intuition, informa ily of brothers i| Haw! QDiisins, un- triéd to cheej- him. They kept as tion that a hen has somehow got howling and I air cles and nephew suring him that Salt River was into her .verbena bed. With char carrying a baine hl • draped in not thè penitentiary. But behind acteristic *agilitv she descends to the mourning, on w ch* y vas inscribed garden, and gracefully picks up a followed a fearful crowd of. Indi- “ two words—-“Ti I D NASTY.” . ( stone, dropping off her glasses and an agents, thieving pension ajenU After, walked adì r and solemn- ■e thieving land agents, thieving pat lo.«es a spool of thread, a pair of scis ly the Cabinet. sors and a tape-line out of her ! I ith’arms folded, ent agents, and they all howled pocket in the operation. She Majestically, and bead erect, a leajred thè Great dismally. At every extra howl, peaks around the corner of the. te ^Department. Delarfo would sink upon his knees house, and spies the animal. Cau Seal of tht Behind him cam|Sidpoy Webster, and cry out: “Oh, Lord, have tiously she advances until near hired for the ( casg>n, carrying mercy upon mel” Then Dave and enough, then she elevates herself, the banner of t o l&n. Fish, on Cowen would hold him up ugain. thrbws back her neck, poises most which was dcpic d.f igLCANT ROOMS At last they run a stick through gracefully her left hand and let» between his legs, and with one at for R ent .” On pe j reverse could flv, and—strikes toer next door be read, "Dqst jhoul hart, to dust each end succeeded in keeping the neighbor, who happens to be in * • thou shalt retun r » ^d a quota interior in line. i the garden weedii g. plump on the watts, which The Cabinet part of the proces ine 1 tion frorp the di nose. And then hen, oh, where I • > read: i sion closed np with a carriage is she? Readers, this is no fancy j Rattle bis bones ove the 8 Sne» You never knew a wo He is a very old pauf r tha every one Own», containing the Postmastcr-Gencr- picture. leular» apply Aud for further ¿part ,nj.. Ho seemed thf only happy man to hit anything with a stone to Spanish legati in.” individual present. His olèvation she ever aimed at, even weie it the There tnarchci on* wifli no less was so astounding that he had not broadside of a barn; but give them majesty, the stab art’ orni of Col. yet recovered from tho hysterics a child across their k*nee, and (we Bristow. In h| FH d» was an into which it threw him; and then know by experience) they never empty cash Uoxi &n¿. above 4ais he has not been in long enough to miss the mark. And yet we love head waved a s *kenu Lanner, on steal much, so liis conscience is, theft. which was in«< ribed, “de bonis comparatively speaking, at ease. * The St. Louisian never dies At intervals Jewell would swing suddenly. He walks arotTnd half non” of the esta’I I of the late Bout- well, and the to ¿hing Unes , bis hat and cry: . , , a dozen years, telling people about ‘bo sofn was I dune “’Rah for Grant; let’» folk ow his liver and chewing quinine, be I don't know what 1 yas btgtm for.” Then we saw &e b|p'ly figure of him to h—II or China.” . fore crossing the ri ver.--Boston ■|uf il* Tho tall, commanding form of Transcri^. General Belknap ‘ ' • r» * j I- , . -- J-4 * ■» * • ■ . . > • t •f| 5 <JF 'A r i ■ ■ I I i t ’ ■ • i . I If ■ I cl * r A -• • / ■ " ■' r I ■ e ■ ■ » i' .. There is to plural to Longlegs, as it’s always been re garded ks a singular creatore, --f - 4 TI kj procurement of a clca$ pa per. collar for the groom a high-toned Newark wedding 041 hour aud a half the other day Daniel Webster has accepted a position op the New York police, and it is therefore inferred .that his dictionary has not proved a success. ■ Short dresses are coming into - fashion again, and yauug lad if» are experiencing the old# old difi« culty of getting a No. 6 foot into a No. 4 shoe. Some of tho students at Eastern colleges can board ibernacivoactor tlùrty-five cents per week; bat they don’t7 fepl like tearing arbund much. F g A Michigan man Ims hit upon a happy expedient for get ting-rid of .. lhe rheumatism. He crowded it do<a to bis two fingers, and then i had them amputated. __ 4 * - W: ’ * - V 4Klk No man ever worshiped/ljgm- zen image who had once tnpabyl with a life insurance agent.-r-Ter- re Hante Express. * . .0 , ' tu , - ■ 1 . i;/: '-7 • ' »• - . • --ci ’vivi*/11 *r8 t If you want to know whether your grandmother was croi» .u, or where your great uncle su .in I his arithmetic cla»,i jusLruMtdor office, and y.oft’U know it all. »: "7